This site from the Center for Disease Control provides an explanation of why it is important to wash your hands and the consequences if you don't. Also provides step-by-step directions of hand washing.

Learners investigate climate changes going back thousands of years by graphing and analyzing ice core data from Greenland and Antarctica. They use information about natural and human-caused changes in the atmosphere to formulate...

Students conduct an energy audit to determine how much carbon dioxide their family is producing, and then make recommendations for lowering their family's carbon footprint.

Using concept sketches, students study energy requirements of food production explain why different sources of food require different inputs of energy. They also investigate how variables like farming methods, processing methods and...

Mia Nacamulli examines water contamination and treatment.

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is a prime example of science being ignored, unknown and even misused. The switch in water source damaged hundreds of millions of dollars of infrastructure, caused deadly bacterial outbreaks and...

Students use GLOBE climate science visualizations to display student data on maps and to learn about seasonal changes in regional and global temperature patterns.

In this cross-curriculum inquiry, students use a cooperative approach to investigate the effect of climate change on the ecosystem of the Antarctic Peninsula. The activity stresses the importance of evidence in the formulation of...

Students read coral reef tutorials, describe the role of satellites, analyze oceanographic data, and identify actions to reduce threats to these fragile ecosystems. Their goal is to ultimately produce a public education program about...

A project based lesson where students' mission is to conduct a series of tasks that enable them to audit Earth's energy budget and help answer a number of science questions.

Review the main concepts of hydroelectric power with this review guide.

Learn about preserving water resources.

Learn about the two methods to clean water: distillation and filtration.

Explore reports and news articles to build understanding of global water issues.

Students brainstorm new ideas during part of the engineering process of designing a water purification system.

Students act as engineers to design a basic solution to the water quality problems studied.

Explore these resources to learn more about the natural and engineered processes that can help contribute to improved water quality.

Students design a water purification system given certain constraints.

Part of a larger project where students design a water purification system, this is the step where they select an approach and develop a design proposal.

Students create a water purification system, and test it out to see how well it works to purify a water sample.

Part of a larger project where students design a water purification system, this is the step where they refine their design and create their final system.

Students plan to present their water purification system at the end of a project-based learning exercise.

A team-based exercise that teaches players about the scope of the greenhouse gas problem, plus technologies that already exist to dramatically reduce our carbon emissions and help steer Earth away from climate change.

Young scholars investigate coral bleaching using water temperature data from the NOAA National Data Buoy Center. Then they learn about the habitat of corals, the stresses on coral populations, and the impact of increased sea surface...